"With the weakening of Mughal power, the Marathas spread from their
homelands in the Deccan and established principalities in many parts of
northern India. Wearing a characteristic Maratha turban and smoking his
huqqa (hookah), this royal personage gives audience in the perspective
of a splendid hall of whitewashed stone enriched with the blue and white
striped daris (dhurries), carpets, and imported glass oil lamps." (A
Second Paradise, p. 184)